Category: Special Feature
GET A GRIPP! Contestants Share $900,000 Payout at Memorial Roping
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor In its traditional form, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping Committee in Hereford, Texas, staged one of the nation’s largest
Gearing Up to Hunt Down a Possible Screwworm Incursion Screwworm flies are moving north. Is it only a matter of time?
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor It’s very likely that it’s not a matter of if but when screwworm flies cross the southern border and make
PLATTE VALLEY SADDLE SHOP
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor Somewhere north of 3,000. That’s a big number. It’s a bit shadowed by time but seems accurate enough. It’s
OCA Convention Red Meat Grading, Markets Highlight Annual Meeting
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Using CT scanning, Texas Tech University (TTU) researchers are making more accurate measurements of beef carcass red meat value, something
Oklahoma National Stockyards Tradition Continues in OKC, but the Future Is Fuzzy
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor For some 115 years, the Oklahoma National Stockyards (ONSY) has been a center for calf and stocker cattle marketing. That
Producer Owned Beef Resumes Construction for Late 2028 Opening
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor After delays stalled by continued declines in U.S. beef cattle numbers, construction is back underway of Producer Owned Beef
Beef Empire Days- Cattle Working Teams Show off Their Skills
By Rachael Sebastian Contributing Editor Cattle processing usually isn’t a spectator sport. It’s not a sport at all, and rarely are there spectators. But
Survey Says Management Makes the Difference
By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor According to a CattleFax survey, high-return cow-calf producers averaged around $400 more per head in calf value than low-return producers
Piguet’s Prime Time
By Jim Whitt Contributing Editor If you want to get your kicks on Route 66, I suggest you stop halfway between Tulsa and Joplin
COW-CALF CASH FLOW
By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Heavier cows are the norm on many ranches these days, as producers try to wean heavier calves to pocket unheard-of